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Dr. Chinmoy Kolay is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He holds a B.E. (First Class with Honours) in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University (2006), an M.Tech. in Civil Engineering (Structures) from IIT Kanpur (2009), and a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from Lehigh University (2016). He joined the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kanpur in June 2017. Prior to joining IIT Kanpur, Dr. Kolay was a research scientist in the ATLSS Engineering Research Center at Lehigh University (2016-2017), on the faculty of the School of Civil Engineering at KIIT University (2009-2011), and a graduate engineer trainee at the Engineering Design and Research Center of Larsen & Toubro, ECC Div. (2006-2007).

Dr. Kolay’s research interests include structural behaviour under extreme loads, real-time hybrid (pseudo-dynamic) simulation, structural dynamics and control, nonlinear structural analysis, numerical techniques, soil-structure interaction, and renewable building material. He has published his research in several international journals of repute and presented in many international conferences (check out his research page).

Dr. Kolay is a recipient of the Academic Excellence Award from IIT Kanpur (2009) and several fellowships from Lehigh University, and he was a P.C. Rossin Doctoral Fellow of Lehigh University (2013-2016). He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and a Member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI).

At IIT Kanpur, Dr. Kolay has taught courses on Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering, Experimental Methods, Design of Steel Structures, Structural Analysis, and Nonlinear Structural Analysis (check out his teaching page).